A second rare peregrine falcon chick has hatched in Worcester.
We reported yesterday how the first of four eggs laid in a nest at the top of St Andrew's Spire, Deansway, had hatched after more than a month long wait.
Today, just before 12pm, a second tiny white chick made its appearance watched by members of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds who have set up a live nest camera.
RSPB Peregrine officer Ross Lawford said: "People are coming down to see the chicks and about half an hour ago we got to see the second chick in front of people who had come down.
"It was quite exciting, really good. There were a lot of, 'aahs'."
The hatchings have been eagerly anticipated since the eggs were laid on Wednesday, April 26.
The nesting pair of falcons were first spotted in Worcester last year and have since made the city their home.
The chicks will be kept warm by their mother in the nest for four or five weeks and could stay in Worcester for up to three months before their parents send them off to find their own territory.
Mr Lawford added that people who visit the spire tomorrow may see the third egg hatch.
Peregrine falcons, which can reach speeds of more than 200mph, have become increasingly common in city centres in recent years, with tall buildings replacing the birds' traditional cliff face nesting ground.
At one point, in the 1950s, there were just 360 breeding pairs in the UK, but the figure has now risen to 1,500.
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